L. Q. C. Lamar
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L. Q. C. Lamar was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and Supreme Court justice from Mississippi who played a prominent role in national politics before and after the Civil War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L. Q. C. Lamar canonical | 1 |
| Lucius Q. C. Lamar | 1 |
| Lucius Q. C. Lamar Sr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8297240 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L. Q. C. Lamar Context triple: [Lamar County, Alabama, namedAfter, L. Q. C. Lamar]
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A.
M. Lamar
M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
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B.
William Lanier
William Lanier is a Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker best known for starring with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and NFL during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Leroy S. Johnson
Leroy S. Johnson was a prominent Mormon fundamentalist leader who guided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through much of the mid-20th century.
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D.
Luther Hicks
Luther Hicks is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinct namesake of the surname Hicks.
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E.
Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell is the lovable, frequently inebriated town drunk of Mayberry on the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L. Q. C. Lamar Target entity description: L. Q. C. Lamar was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and Supreme Court justice from Mississippi who played a prominent role in national politics before and after the Civil War.
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A.
M. Lamar
M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
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B.
William Lanier
William Lanier is a Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker best known for starring with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and NFL during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Leroy S. Johnson
Leroy S. Johnson was a prominent Mormon fundamentalist leader who guided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through much of the mid-20th century.
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D.
Luther Hicks
Luther Hicks is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinct namesake of the surname Hicks.
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E.
Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell is the lovable, frequently inebriated town drunk of Mayberry on the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court justice ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Grover Cleveland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Peter’s Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1825-09-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1893-01-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Emory College ⓘ |
| employer | University of Mississippi ⓘ |
| endTime |
second service in U.S. House of Representatives: 1877
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service as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: 1893 ⓘ service as U.S. Secretary of the Interior: 1888 ⓘ service in U.S. House of Representatives: 1857 ⓘ service in U.S. Senate: 1885 ⓘ |
| father |
Lucius Q. C. Lamar Sr.
ⓘ
linked to:
L. Q. C. Lamar
|
| fullName | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar ⓘ |
| givenName |
Cincinnatus
ⓘ
Lucius ⓘ Quintus ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | Grover Cleveland ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in Reconstruction-era and post-Reconstruction national politics ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy for reconciliation between North and South after the Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Putnam County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Macon, Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
Macon
|
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
United States Representative ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Representative
United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ United States Senator ⓘ professor of law at the University of Mississippi ⓘ |
| profession | law professor ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| represented | Mississippi ⓘ |
| residence |
Oxford, Mississippi
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford, Mississippi, United States
|
| servedIn | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| spouse | Virginia Longstreet ⓘ |
| startTime |
second service in U.S. House of Representatives: 1873
ⓘ
service as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: 1888 ⓘ service as U.S. Secretary of the Interior: 1885 ⓘ service in U.S. House of Representatives: 1853 ⓘ service in U.S. Senate: 1877 ⓘ |
| stateOfPrimaryAffiliation | Mississippi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L. Q. C. Lamar Description of subject: L. Q. C. Lamar was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and Supreme Court justice from Mississippi who played a prominent role in national politics before and after the Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.